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Dr. Abdie Kazemipur

Dr. Abdie Kazemipur is Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Stephen Jarislowsky Research in Culture Change at the Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Research Interests: Social trends in Canada, with a heavy focus on the experiences of minorities and immigrants; and the socio-cultural trends in the Middle East, with a special focus on Iran.

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Dr. Michael Haan - University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB

Dr. Haan is Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Population and Social Policy and an Associate Professor in the Departments of Economics and Sociology at the University of New Brunswick. He received his PhD from the University of Toronto in 2005. Research Interests: Housing, immigration, mobility, migration, and population decline.

Dr. Thomas (Tom) Noseworthy - University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta

Dr. Tom Noseworthy is Associate Chief Medical Officer, Strategic Clinical Networks & Clinical Care Pathways, Alberta Health Services. He is also Director, Centre for Health and Policy Studies, Professor (Health Policy and Management) and Head, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary. In 2007, he was named by the Governor General as a Member of the Order of Canada for his contributions to medicine and health care policy.

Dr. Constantine E. Passaris - University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB

Dr. Constantine E. Passaris, is Professor of Economics at the University of New Brunswick, Chair of the New Brunswick Advisory Board on Population and a Member of the Academic Scientific Board for the International Institute of Advanced Economic and Social Studies( Italy).

Research Interests: Population economics, immigration, multiculturalism, globalization, economic governance, public policy.

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Miles Corak

Miles Corak is a full professor of economics with the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa, where he has worked since 2007 teaching principles of economics in a way relevant for public policy, as well he teaches labour economics, social policy, and statistical research methods.

Much of his research involves comparisons across countries. It focuses on labour markets and social policy, and is detailed in published articles on topics dealing with child poverty, access to university education, social and economic mobility, and unemployment. Currently he is working on issues dealing with the socio-economic status of immigrants and children of immigrants, and also with comparisons in the development and well-being of children in the rich countries.

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Dr. Nico Stehr - Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen, Germany

Nico Stehr is Karl Mannheim Professor of Cultural Studies at the Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen, Germany and Director of the European Center for Sustainability Research at his university. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Research Interests: Center on the transformation of modern societies into knowledge societies and associated developments in different major social institutions of modern society (e.g. science, politics, governance, the economy, inequality and globalization) as well as the societal consequences of climate change. He has published more than 40 books and many refereed articles.

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Dr. Frank Trovato - University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

Dr. Frank Trovato is Professor of Demography & Population Studies, Editor-in-Chief of Canadian Studies in Population, the official journal of the Canadian Population Society, and a past Director of the Population Research Laboratory in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta. His research intersects the disciplines of demography, sociology and social epidemiology on a variety of subject areas including: immigrant health and mortality; sex and marital status variations in cause-specific mortality and life expectancy; youth suicide and other life-threatening behaviours; the social demography of racial, immigrant and ethnic populations; fertility and nuptiality trends and internal migration in Canada.

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